Rotten
There's something flimsy and unformed at these characters' cores, something that no amount of jumpy close-ups, skittering sideways glances, and rainy music can make up for.
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Overview
When a foreign exchange student arrives in a small upstate New York town, she challenges the dynamics of her host family's relationships and alters their lives forever.
Director and cast
- Drake Doremus Director
- Guy Pearce as Keith Reynolds
- Felicity Jones as Sophie
- Amy Ryan as Megan Reynolds
- Mackenzie Davis as Lauren Reynolds
- Kyle MacLachlan as Peter Sebeck
- Ali Wentworth as Wendy Sebeck
- Lucy Davenport as Sophie's mom
- Hugo Becker as Clément
- Ben Shenkman as Sheldon
- Brendan Dooling as Ryan
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
55%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Buoyed by some nicely nuanced performances (especially by Pearce and Amy Ryan as his dream-dashing wife), Breathe In never quite rises above its predictable potboiler premise.
Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly
Fresh
Every moment between stars Guy Pearce and Felicity Jones feels so much like an explosion about to go off that viewers may hesitate to so much as take a breath at the wrong time for fear of disturbing the film's delicate equilibrium.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
A breathy tale of a not-quite love affair, Drake Doremus' "Breathe In" is yet another skillfully acted indie drama that's never quite good enough to be memorable.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Fresh
The superb acting can't turn narrative lead into gold with this story about the attraction of a foreign-exchange student pianist to her married host and teacher.
Michael Sragow, Orange County Register
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